"I hope that the British government will swiftly rescind this incorrect action and apologize," President Khatami said on Hadi Soleimanpour's detention in Durham, northeast England on suspicion of involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural centre.
"The Islamic republic will never let this ugly and deceitful conspiracy take place against Iran and will follow up the case closely," Khatami stressed.
Argentine business coordinator in Tehran Ernesto Alvarez was summoned to the Foreign Ministry where Americas Director General Mahdi Mohtachami told him Iran was making an "energetic" protest over the detention.
On Sunday, Iran's foreign ministry summoned both Argentine and British charges d'affaires, Ernesto Alvarez and Matthew Gould, to protest strongly against Soleimanpur's arrest.
It is worth noting that Zionist circles destroyed documents and evidence shortly after the explosion and exerted pressure on the Argentine government and court to manipulate the situation and divert the case from its natural course.
The Zionists continued to pressure Argentina and fabricated a scenario blaming Iran for the bomb attack. However, preliminary investigations revealed interference by Zionist agents and some Argentine police.
Later, some Buenos Aires police officials were arrested. In addition, the director of a Jewish organization in Buenos Aires was charged with involvement in the incident and last week was summoned to court, since he and some Zionist officials had removed some very important documents from the building minutes before the explosion and then escaped.
However, since the Argentine judicial officials are under the influence of the Zionist regime, they have not disclosed the facts about the case.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has repeatedly expressed its readiness to cooperate with Argentina in order to clarify the issue, but Argentine officials have never shown any interest in the matter.
Therefore, it is obvious that the arrest warrants for Iranians issued by Argentina are unlawful and politically motivated and are the work of international Zionism.
Under such circumstances, it seems that British Prime Minister Tony Blair's government is trying to take advantage of Iran's goodwill in its relations with Britain. Iran had forgiven Britain for supporting Iraq and supplying it with arms during the 8-year Iran-Iraq war.
Furthermore, the release of British spy Roger Cooper in Iran was another sign of Iran's goodwill toward London. But the actions of Blair's government prove that London is following the U.S. policy and working with the Zionist regime. The continuation of such double-standard policies will surely affect Iran-Britain relations.
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